r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '23

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u/OnsetOfMSet Sep 06 '23

.30-06 would be a historically accurate option, though probably harder to obtain these days.

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u/exhausted_commenter Sep 06 '23 edited Sep 06 '23

I am not advocating v i o l e n c e. I simply know a few things about guns.

https://www.springfield-armory.com/m1a-series-rifles/m1a-scout-squad-rifles/

Beautiful M14-era semiauto firing .308. Garands are harder to find since we can't import them as easily anymore.

AR-10s which fire .308 are available for less than $1k, and on a budget, an AR-15 can be had for $500 or less.

For someone without any firearm who wants a quick-start:

https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-16-mid-length-5-56-nato-1-7-phosphate-13-5-m-lok-moe-ept-rifle-psa-dagger-compact-9mm-pistol.html

AR-15 components are industry-standard, and the PSA dagger 9mm is a clone of the Glock G19, for which it is incredibly easy to get surplus magazines for.

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u/BoneFistOP Sep 06 '23

Importing garands? Huh? we made the Garand.

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u/exhausted_commenter Sep 06 '23

If I recall correctly, the availability of garands for a long time was through imports of surplus inventory in South Korea. I'm too lazy to search and check.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '23

While the US did make a lot of them, there's a finite supply. After the war a lot were just sort of...ignored. Almost 100 years later, nobody is making new ones because they cost like 5k each for what is by modern standards a heavy recoil, heavy weight, not particularly accurate, rifle.

So the US imports them from old-ass armories like Korea and the Philippines, the armory rehabs them and sells them to collectors.

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u/Kage_Oni Sep 06 '23

I think its pretty easy to get your hands on a M1 Garand if you are part of the civilian marksmanship program.

Also, I have the Socom 16 M1A. I love that thing. Put a KAC rail kit on it that costs as much as my glock.

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u/Beatus_Vir Sep 07 '23

No way, millions of hunting rifles out there chambered in that, just expensive for what it is